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Refugee crisis: List by country of asylum seeker numbers in EU as applicants exceed 1.2 million
Nearly a third of the first-time asylum seekers to arrive in the 28 member states came from Syria.
Syria: Five more years of war will create £1tn black hole in ravaged economy
The brunt of the cost of Syria's five-year civil war is being borne by its civilian population.
Isis planning 'enormous and spectacular attacks' in the UK, warns anti-terror chief Mark Rowley
Anti-terror bosses fear Daesh has capability and intent to stage a mass-casualty attack in the west.
Isis: Girls as young as nine married off by Daesh, raped and taught to be good wives
Also known as the flowers of the Caliphate they are to be fully veiled and remain hidden.
EU leaders beware: Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Turkey is no friend of Europe
The Turkish leader will feel he can act with impunity as Brussels rolls out the red carpet.
Isis: Daesh leaders inspired by Nazi's Hitler Youth to train generation of 'lethal' child soldiers
The Quilliam foundation has said elements from the Hitler Youth can be observed in IS training.
US to deploy nuclear-capable B52 aircraft in first bombing campaign against Isis in April
Aircraft can simulatneously drop 32 tons of bombs and will replace a fleet of Rockwell B-1 Lancer supersonic planes.
Human Rights Watch Film Festival preview: Censorship in China and the refugee crisis take centre stage
The themes cover migration, the environment, artists as agitators as well as LGBT, children and women's rights.
Refugee Crisis: 12,000 migrants bogged down in swamp like conditions on Greece-Macedonia border
Tents have flooded and fields have become waterlogged at the makeshift camp at Idomeni.
US Election 2016: Mitt Romney blasts Donald Trump, calling him 'very, very not smart'
Romney described Trump's 'personal qualities' as undesirable.
Syria: Assad regime and Russia 'bomb hospitals as war strategy' claims Amnesty International
Amnesty accuses Kremlin and regime of war crimes by deliberately targeting medical facilities in Syria.
First Western journalist to visit Isis-controlled areas says US could 'divide Syria'
Jurgen Todenhofer said disagreements between President Bashar al-Assad and opposition sparked the conflict.
War on Isis: US military captures its first Daesh operative in Iraq
Detainee will be handed over to Iraqi officials after interrogation, US officials said.
Apprentice star Yasmina Siadatan condemns half-brother for fighting with Isis in Syria
The winner of the fifth series of the Apprentice condemns her half-brother for joining the terror group.
Syria ceasefire: Car bomb kills two as government forces drop barrel bombs
Rebel group Jaish al-Islam claims the government has already violated the truce.
Five years of war in Syria: 60 powerful photos of the conflict that has killed over 250,000
The Syrian conflict has been going on for five years, killing more than 250,000 people and displacing millions.
Sweden: Syrian asylum seeker suspected of war crimes under Assad regime arrested in Stockholm
Case is based on images and information that appeared on the internet, says Swedish prosecutor
German MPs vote to restrict asylum laws as EU warned it has '10 days' to control crisis
Tensions are high among Europe's ministers after talks in Brussels over how to cope with the influx.
Isis militants in Syria stone two teenage girls to death for committing adultery
The two older men they were with escaped with 50 lashes in a public flogging.
Syria: Saudi Arabia deploys F-15 fighter jets to Turkey to tackle Isis
Four F-15 are expected to be deployed at Incirlik Air Base against the Islamic State group.
Facebook used by arms dealers to sell jihadis guns, tanks and missiles across Syria, Gaza and Iraq
Arms dealers using Facebook to sell a wide range of weapons to Hamas, Kurdish rebels, Isis and other Jihadists.
Isis torture: Daesh use new 'biter' weapon to punish women for showing 'too much skin' in Mosul
Torture device said to operate like an animal trap or metal jaw with teeth.
UN makes first humanitarian aid airdrop in besieged Syrian city of Deir al-Zour
UN relief chief confirms airdrop reached target area in the Assad-controlled Syrian city of Deir al-Zour.
Syria: 'Russian generals killed' by massive car bomb at Latakia military base
Ahrar al-Sham and Bayan groups allege several Russian militarily personal die following blast in Syrian town.
Isis: Zahera Tariq, sister-in-law of 'new Jihadi John' suspect found guilty of child abduction
Zahera Tariq, 33, was arrested at Luton airport with her 4 children after trying to travel to Syria.
Kurds are not to blame for the West's incompetence in Syria
How can the US-led coalition implement a coherent strategy in Syria when it is torn apart from inside?
Syria: Assad government agrees to ceasefire but vows to continue fight against Isis and al-Qaeda
The government has said the terror groups Daesh and the al-Nusra front will not be included.
Embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad announces parliamentary elections on 13 April
Unclear on how elections will be held in a country torn by civil unrest.
Syria: Deadly Isis bombings in Damascus and Homs may derail provisional ceasefire agreement
Russian offensive in Aleppo could be strengthened by the recent attacks.
At least 150 killed after explosions rock Syrian cities of Homs and Damascus
The attacks as Moscow and Washington try to work towards a ceasefire.